1 Corinthians 7:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. ”

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Between a wife and a virgin, - Between a woman that is married and one that is unmarried. The apostle says that a similar difference between the condition of her that is married and her that is u...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

There is difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in (f) spirit: but she that is married careth for...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Paul now passes to the case of virgins, on which the church had invited his judgment. The section is one of peculiar difficulty. It is generally thought that Paul is dealing with the relations of a f...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

There is, &c . The texts vary here. See Revised Version. There is difference between . Greek. merizo, as in 1 Corinthians 7:17 (distributed). body . the body. spirit . the spirit. App-...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

34. The unmarried woman and the virgin. What he had laid down as to men he now declares in like manner as to women — that virgins and widows are not prevented by earthly things from devoting...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

How she may please her husband, &c.— The Apostle in this text, and the counterpart to it, seems to declare, that single persons of either sex have generally opportunities for devotion beyond th...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for th...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(a) Answer to Questions about Marriage The Corinthians had in their letter ( 1 Corinthians 7:1 ) asked St. Paul's opinion on several points connectedwithmarriage. His language in reply is guarde...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 11 MARRIAGE THERE are two preliminary considerations which throw some light on this much-contested passage. First, Paul had to speak about marriage as he found it, as it existed among tho...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Counsel for Times of Emergency 1 Corinthians 7:25-40 The virgin here referred to is probably the young woman who was engaged to be married, and the counsel is expressly defined to be advice,...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Certain difficulties had arisen in the Corinthian Church concerning which they had sent inquiries to Paul. He now answers their questions. These answers contain principles of permanent application....
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(18) Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. (19) Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, b...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin ,.... The word μεμερισται, translated "there is difference", stands in some copies at the end of the last verse, and in the Vulgate Latin and Eth...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But Or now; I would have you During this flying moment; without carefulness Or anxiety, amidst all these uncertainties: without any encumbrance or distraction of your thoughts, about the affair...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Those things in Chapter s 5 and 6, which were of such serious importance as demanding correction, had evidently not even been questions in the minds of the Corinthians. But Paul was required to raise...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prudential Directions to Virgins. A. D. 57. 25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There is the same difference between a married woman and a single woman, as there is between a married man and a single man. If a woman be unmarried, and be piously disposed, she hath leisure and opp...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And there is a difference also between the wife and the virgin. She who is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, but she that is married i...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES A. 1. Observe: With this chapter commences a new section of the Epistle; the topics, and perhaps their order, suggested by a letter of formal inquiry brought from Corinth: vii....
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Scofield Reference Notes

world Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 4:8 ).
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It is evident from the tenor of this chapter that the Corinthians had written to the apostle for advice on the subject of marriage and its obligations, and that he is here resolving their various dif...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord. Concerning virgins and widows The apostle advises-- I. The unmarried of both sexes. As he has argued against the disruption of the t...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 7:1-46 Answers to the inquiries of the Corinthians respecting marriage. 1 Corinthians 7:1-46 The lawfulness of marriage, and its duties. 1 Corinthian...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A comparison of the married and unmarried state:
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:20 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ; 1 Timothy 3:5 ; 2 Corinthians 11:28 ; 2 Corinthians 7:11 ; 2 Corinthians 7:12 ; 2 Corinthians 8:16 ; Luke 10:40-42 ; Luke 2:36 ; Luke 2:37 ; Phi...
1 Corinthians 7:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin — Whether the church be under persecution or not. The unmarried woman — If she know and use her privilege. Careth only for the things of the L...

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 7:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 7:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 7:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 7:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes